IP Library Granted Patent US 10,564,669
Granted Patent B2
US 10,564,669 · App. 16/002,301 · Granted Feb 18, 2020

Button mechanism

Inventor: Chao-Chang Hu (Taoyuan, TW)
Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,564,669
App. No.
16/002,301
Granted
Feb 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A button mechanism is provided, including a housing, a fixing member fixed on the housing, a moving member movably disposed in the fixing member, a pressing member disposed on the moving member, and a driving module for moving the moving member relative to the fixing member. When the pressing member pushes the moving member to move from an initial position along a first direction to a first position, the driving member moves the moving member from the first position along the first direction to a second position. When the moving member is in the second position, the driving member moves the moving member along a second direction to impact the pressing member, wherein the first direction is opposite to the second direction.

Claims (24)

1. A button mechanism, comprising:

a button assembly, sensing a pushing force outside the button mechanism;

a feedback assembly, generating a vibration on the button assembly, comprising:

a moving member;

a fixing member, elastically connected to the moving member; and

a driving module, wherein the driving module can drive the moving member to move along a main axis relative to the button assembly toward a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction when a current flows through the driving module, and the first direction is parallel to the second direction, wherein the button assembly has a surface for pressing, and the surface, the button assembly and the driving module are sequentially arranged along the main axis.

2. The button mechanism as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the feedback assembly further comprises a position detector for sensing the movement of the moving member relative to the fixing member.

3. The button mechanism as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the position detector comprises a magnetic sensor affixed to the fixing member and a sensing object affixed to the moving member.

4. The button mechanism as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the feedback assembly further comprises a first elastic member, disposed on a side of the moving member, and elastically connected to the moving member and the fixing member.

5. The button mechanism as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the feedback assembly further comprises a second elastic member, disposed on an opposite side of the moving member, and elastically connected to the moving member and the fixing member.

6. The button mechanism as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the driving module is disposed between the moving member and the fixing member, and comprises a coil and a magnetic member, wherein the driving module and the first and second elastic members are disposed on the different sides of the moving member.

7. The button mechanism as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the moving member can move relative to the button assembly.

8. A button mechanism, comprising:

a button assembly, sensing a pushing force outside the button mechanism;

a feedback assembly, generating a vibration on the button assembly, comprising:

a moving member;

a fixing member, elastically connected to the moving member;

a driving module, wherein the driving module can drive the moving member to move along a main axis relative to the button assembly toward a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction when a current flows through the driving module, and the first direction is parallel to the second direction; and

a first elastic member, disposed on a side of the moving member, and elastically connected to the moving member and the fixing member.

9. The button mechanism as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the feedback assembly further comprises a second elastic member, disposed on an opposite side of the moving member, and elastically connected to the moving member and the fixing member.

10. The button mechanism as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the driving module is disposed between the moving member and the fixing member, and comprises a coil and a magnetic member, wherein the driving module and the first and second elastic members are disposed on the different sides of the moving member.

11. The button mechanism as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the feedback assembly further comprises a position detector for sensing the movement of the moving member relative to the fixing member.

12. The button mechanism as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the position detector comprises a magnetic sensor affixed to the fixing member and a sensing object affixed to the moving member.

13. The button mechanism as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the moving member can move relative to the button assembly.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2026
From: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
To: ACTUTEK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 074858/0498 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2018
From: HU, CHAO-CHANG
To: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
Reel/Frame 046076/0454 →